Another Online Session

I just put in a solid 400 hand session 4 tabling 1/2 and I thought I played extremely well. A problem I have noticed over the past couple of weeks is that I have been a huge payoff donk. I will be in spots where I can't really beat much more than a bluff, yet I would still payoff people. Today, I really concentrated on not calling down light and I actually had quite a few tough spots where I think I made some good decisions.

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This hand was definitely my toughest spot and I think I made the right decision, but I wouldn't mind some feedback (meaning you Bob). What made this so tough of a decision is how odd this guy played the hand. He limps then cold calls my 5x raise. My perspective on people's range when they limp (especially at this level) is that they are trying to sneak in cheap with hands they aren't very confident about playing. These types of hands are typically like suited connectors, small pairs, and weak suited Aces. So I was in position and had already taken the lead in the hand, but this guy leads out for a weak bet into me. This type of bet is either very strong or very weak. I almost always raise this type of bet, regardless of my cards because a lot of times people will fold pretty quickly, or they will take the other common line which is to 3 bet me back. This guy on the other hand just calls my raise, so I can sort of eliminate some hands from his range but very few. All small pairs (2's through 8's) are congruent with his action as well as any flush or straight draw, as well as combo draws. Then the King of spades hits on the turn, which is pretty awful, and he leads out again. I tank and start to believe he either has a flush or a higher set, with higher weight going to a flush. I really don't think he would bluff in this situation as I've shown too much strength in the hand already. I call, basically hoping the board pairs, but an Ace hits and I'm facing a shove on the river, which is effectively a $100 bet into over a $200 pot. This card makes me even more confident that I was beat because he had no fear from a hand like AA or KK, so I had to fold.

That was the only hand worth mentioning and analyzing. I did try to slow play some bigger pairs today with mixed results. I slow played KK versus a solid player who three bet me out of the blinds, and the Ace naturally flopped, and there were too many hands in his range containing an Ace for me to make a move at the pot. I did slow play Aces preflop and got a beautiful King high flop. I played them very hard post flop though by raising the continuation bet, making another bet on the turn, and then a nice sized value bet on the river that didn't get called. I'm still debating as to whether or not I maximized value, because I'm pretty sure the player had a pair lower than Kings and higher than the next largest card.

I ended down -$34 for the sessions, which I feel is really good for how things went and how many tough spots I faced. I will probably be playing another session tonight sometime between 10pm and 12pm because this is when I believe the games are the softest, so hopefully I have some good hands to blog about and analyze tomorrow...